Judges 20:8

8 All the people got up as one body, saying, "Not one of us will go to his tent, or will any of us return to his house.

Judges 20:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:8

And all the people arose as one man
Either the heads of the people assembled in council, all agreed unanimously in one vote or resolution, or all the 400,000 men were of the same mind, when the case was reported to them:

saying, we will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us
turn into his house;
that is, they would not return home, to take one nights rest in their houses, or attend to the business of their callings or to any affair of life, however urgent, till satisfaction was made for the evil committed.

Judges 20:8 In-Context

6 Then I grabbed my concubine and cut her into pieces, and I sent her throughout all the territory of Israel's inheritance; for they committed a shameful and disgraceful thing in Israel.

7 Look, all you {Israelites}! {Make your decision} and advice here."

8 All the people got up as one body, saying, "Not one of us will go to his tent, or will any of us return to his house.

9 So then, this is what we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against her by lot.

10 We will take ten men of one hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and one thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions to the troops, to repay [them] when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin for all the disgraceful things they did in Israel."

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "man"